Temperature SAL 2021 - February

Welcome to the second Temperature SAL post! This time is an update post, so I'll be showing you some pictures of my own progress. It didn't go as fast as I'd hoped as I was rather beset by issues. First the fabric I'd picked wasn't the same as the one from last year and I *really* wanted them to be the same. Then I ordered the wrong new fabric. Having discovered what I did use last year I then found out that I didn't have enough of the correct fabric and had to order yet more fabric… sigh. Next up the brown thread I wanted to use turned out to have areas that looked exactly the same colour as the fabric when using one strand.

Temperature SAL 2021 - January

Welcome to the first of 13 posts for the Temperature SAL!  This first post will be the place to start the SAL properly after you have read the information post that has fabric sizes, floss etc in it. Now you get the pattern and other information required to get going!

Temperature SAL - 2020 Wrap Up Post

Welcome to the thirteenth Temperature SAL post! This is the final post for the 2020 Temperature SAL! It's quite a bit later than planned but then not everything went to plan today, including that moment when I grabbed DMC 913 instead of DMC 911 and didn't notice till after I'd finished all the stitches of the month with it. Joy. So a bit of ripping and restitching later, and it's all done but not ironed as I just don't have the time to iron it today, and I still need to add one more day.

Temperature SAL - December

Welcome to the twelfth Temperature SAL post! This isn't the final post though it might seem like it should be but there will be just one more post at the end of the month to show the December temperatures. Speaking of which... I was horrified earlier today while marking out the November temps because I realised that this year's pattern was not quite right - I realised that I'd made enough for 364 days - 13 x 4 weeks - while this year has as per usual 365 days AND an extra day because it's a leap year.

Temperature SAL 2021 - Announcement Post

I had so much fun with the Temperature SAL in 2020 that I decided to do one in 2021 too! One thing I noticed is that the pattern was a bit on the complicated side, so I decided for 2021 to make things simpler while still making it fun to do. I also made it in three sizes so you can have a larger or smaller border - or none - depending on which you prefer. The border is the only part that makes it a different size - the daily stitch pattern is the same size for all three. I give the border patterns below, the daily patterns I'll give on the first of January.

Temperature SAL - November

Welcome to the eleventh Temperature SAL post! What a busy day it's been - and will continue to be for the next few weeks as not only is there the usual stuff and the Autumn Mystery SAL but there are also some SAL information posts coming up in the next few weeks starting tomorrow! Tomorrow is the first of the posts that will let you know what I have planned for next year. I'm so excited to show you what I have been planning the last few months! For now I'll continue with the scheduled Temperature SAL post, as that's what you are here for!

Temperature SAL - October

Welcome to the very delayed tenth Temperature SAL post! I'm sorry it's so late but at least it's now up! Somehow despite being a finger short for stitching due to having cut my left index finger while cooking dinner today (it's not a bad cut, just in an awkward place and doesn't like pressure) I managed to stitch this in under two hours! That's my fastest time yet!

Temperature SAL - September

Welcome to the ninth Temperature SAL post! I was both saddened and glad that this year's heatwave came without me having to use the darker orange or red - sad because the colour would have been pretty on my embroidery and glad because I for one didn't want it to go above 35C/95F things would have been exceedingly uncomfortable if it had.

Temperature SAL - August

Welcome to the eighth Temperature SAL post! Like with June, July both flew past and dragged along - such weird times we live in! One thing we can be sure of is that the weather will continue to surprise us every day!

Temperature SAL - July

Welcome to the seventh Temperature SAL post! And all of a sudden it's July! How did that happen? June was a month of unexpectedly low temperatures followed by some rather hot ones but fortunately not so hot that I had to get out the orange yet, but I did have some days of the darker yellow to contend with. The nice bit is that the end of June brought us to the exact centre of the pattern! It will be interesting to see what the next six months bring other than more rain hehe.

Temperature SAL - June

Welcome to the sixth Temperature SAL post! May went past a bit more slowly than April did, perhaps because I had less running around to do - and fewer posts! Not having to do a high speed mystery in May did make quite the difference. Once we have done the stitching for this coming month we will be halfway with the SAL and the stitching!

Temperature SAL - May

Welcome to the fifth Temperature SAL post! Goodness didn't April go fast! At least it did for me, but I can imagine that for some of you it dragged like a millstone. As is fairly usual for April the temperature was all over the place - warm to chilly and even frost in the mornings - something I didn't see much of over the winter. Most of this doesn't show up in my version as I'm stitching the maximum temperatures.

Temperature SAL - April

Welcome to the fourth Temperature SAL post! March has been and gone with many of us now having to stay at home in our houses due to the pandemic it's getting more difficult to actually feel the temperatures we are recording. Remember that if you have a stay at home order you can still go into your garden/on your balcony/sit at an open window to enjoy the sun when it's out and get a bit of fresh air. I have even had a few days when it was warm enough in the sun (though the air temperature wasn't all that warm) that I could sit and read in my garden for a while!

Temperature SAL - March

Welcome to the third Temperature SAL post! The end of February arrived with a new row for the last three days - the third row is stitched the same as the first so the direction of stitching the spokes of the Wednesday to Sunday element has changed. If you are unsure of how to stitch it check the January post.

Temperature SAL - February

Welcome to the second Temperature SAL post! This time is an update post so I'll be showing you some pictures of my own progress. In case you missed the post in the fb group: with the start of the second row you need to work in a slightly different order - I have added some diagrams to the January post showing this. I didn't add them to the post straight away as I noticed some people were confused enough already and a second diagram might have caused even more confusion.

Temperature SAL - January

Welcome to the first of 13 posts for the Temperature SAL!  This first post will be the place to start the SAL properly after you have read the information post that has fabric sizes, floss etc in it. Now you get the pattern, stitching order and other information required to get going!

Temperature SAL - Announcement Post

It's not often that I do something asked for by a specific person but Karen Thompson came with the Idea of a temperature SAL and I was intrigued enough to make a design. The design is a simple blackwork style pattern (I seem to have many of these this year hehe) that gets repeated many times.